Section 23 in The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Open Access in Inter-State Transmission) Regulations, 2004
23. Curtailment priority.
- When because of transmission constraints or otherwise, it becomes necessary to curtail the transmission service of the transmission customers, the short-term customers shall be curtailed first followed by the long-term customers:Provided that within a category, all users shall have same curtailment priority and shall be curtailed pro rata to the allotted transmission capacity in the case of long-term customers and the reserved transmission capacity in the case of short-term customers.
